Grigori Rasputin was a self-proclaimed holy man who was thought to have closely influenced the Romanov family, the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia. Rasputin was born Grigori Yefimovich Novykh ...
Maria Rasputin, born Matryona Rasputin in 1899, initially lived in the village of Pokrovskoe. Her father, Grigori Rasputin, would later become one of the most notorious figures in Russian history ...